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Kerry Hones Message Out West

'Let America Be America' Aims
To Meld Can-Do Optimism, Values

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David Rogers Staff Reporter of THE WALL STREET JOURNAL

Updated May 20, 2004 12:01 a.m. ET

PORTLAND, ORE. -- John Kerry left the West on Tuesday with a pocketful of Las Vegas campaign checks, Howard Dean by his side and the memory of a boisterous, cheering evening crowd that filled Pioneer Square here and spilled into neighboring downtown streets.

But most important may be the new rallying cry that Mr. Kerry brought back with him: "Let America be America again." After weeks of struggle, he is increasingly...